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The Sun Is Also a Star (2019)

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A hopeless romantic ambivalent about his future in medical school falls for a hard-luck young woman who doesn't believe in love.

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Ry Russo-Young

Writers:

Tracy Oliver (screenplay by), Nicola Yoon (based on the novel by)
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Complete credited cast:
Yara Shahidi ... Natasha Kingsley
Anais Lee ... Young Natasha
Charles Melton ... Daniel Jae Ho Bae
John Leguizamo ... Jeremy Martinez
Gbenga Akinnagbe ... Samuel Kingsley
Miriam A. Hyman ... Patricia Kingsley
Jordan Williams ... Peter Kingsley
Jake Choi ... Charles Bae
Keong Sim ... Dae Hyun Bae
Cathy Shim ... Min Soo Bae
Shamika Cotton ... Hannah
Camrus Johnson ... Omar Hassabala
Hill Harper ... Lester Barnes
Harry Chambarry ... Angry Passenger
Tash Neal Tash Neal ... Guitarist
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Storyline

Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. She is not the type of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when her family is twelve hours away from being deported. Falling in love with him will not be her story. Daniel has always been the good son, the good student, living up to his parents' high expectations. Never a poet. Or a dreamer. But when he sees her, he forgets all that. Something about Natasha makes him think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store - for both of them. Every moment has brought them to this single moment. A million futures lie before them. Which one will come true?

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Taglines:

Love is a Universe All of Its Own

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Drama | Music | Romance

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Trivia

The age difference between Yara Shahidi (born 2000) and Charles Melton (born 1991) is 9 years. See more »

Quotes

Daniel Jae Ho Bae: The X factor.
Natasha Kingsley: What in the world is the X factor?
Daniel Jae Ho Bae: Don't worry, we've got it.
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Connections

Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Teen Movie Couples of the Decade (2019) See more »

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Paradise
Written by Mike Woods, Kevin White & Bazzi (as Andrew Bazzi)
Performed by Bazzi
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp. / Artist Partner Group, Inc.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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Book was way way better
18 May 2019 | by BlackSheep773See all my reviews

After seeing a commercial for this movie, I decided to read the book, which I LOVED! Naturally, I expected to like the movie as much as I liked the book. Yeah, didn't happen. The events in the movie seem more rushed, and that takes away from their impact on causing the characters to fall in love.

The most epic disappointment for me was that the movie does not contain the side stories of some minor characters like the book does (and the character with the most touching side story isn't even in the movie). I really liked the "everybody has a story" element that was throughout the book and wish it were in the movie.

Like another reviewer said, maybe you'll like this movie if you haven't read the book, but if you have read the book, don't bother.


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Country:

USA

Language:

English | Korean

Release Date:

17 May 2019 (Canada) See more »

Also Known As:

Le soleil est aussi une étoile See more »

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

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Box Office

Budget:

$9,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,511,530, 19 May 2019

Gross USA:

$4,950,029

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,750,029
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2.39 : 1
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